Day 2 Beijing

It feels more like I lived a week in a day with all of the things we experienced today. We started with a trip to the Jade factory and watched the process of carving jade into beautiful works of art. Next was the Great Wall where I did no better this time than ten years ago. I made it up two sections, but they were very steep in my defense.Rob and Jillian made it to the top while I sat and enjoyed the view. We've had beautiful weather but the smog was so thick this time, that we could barely view the wall from the higher altitude. As I sat and took in the scenery, I thought how the climb is much like the adoption process. Slow, uneven, rocky and never knowing how much farther it is to the top. We are almost there though! After the wall, we had another Chinese meal of various unknown foods...mostly good though. Then we drove to the Olympic village, which was the site of the 2008 games. The architecture was amazing, especially the birds nest. I warned Jillian not to drink after lunch as it was an hour orso drive across the city. She didn't listen and therefore had to experience the dreaded squat pot that is so famous in Asia. She said that the smell of Chiba is the hardest thing to deal with! We ended the night with an amazing Chinese acrobat show.We are now packing up for our flight to Laikyns province in the morning. It is about an hour and a half flight South of here.
The schedule is to get her on Monday as of right now. Please keep her in your prayers!